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a comment from someone calling themself 'Sean Bahr' on NBC Says Title Character Of 'Constantine' Is Straight. Fans Disagree

but this isn't about a show that represents the entire worlds population as a whole. this is about a story, a very particular story.

why not make gandalf a woman? why not make lukeskywalker handicapped? we cannot keep altering artists vision to suit what we think is the new social norm that must be championed. an artists vision is an artist vision. this tv show is someone vision and their idea for where the narrative needs to go. don't like it? make your own show. but please man, let creative people be creative.

... did this person miss the fact that Luke Skywalker experienced a traumatic amputation at the end of The Empire Strikes Back? The fact that he has a prosthetic hand is kind of important in The Return of the Jedi as it links him to Darth Vader as mirrors of each other.

Because seriously, my reaction to reading this was "Luke Skywalker is disabled, you idiot! Darth Vader cut off his hand! ON SCREEN!"

Last week, I wound up talking with tricksterquinn about Star Wars, and I decided I needed to collect my favorite fics in one place, just for easy reference and recommendation -- you'll notice that I return to some authors multiple times, because they are just that good.

I used the summary given by the author, when possible. All of these are gen and complete. All of the authors have other works that are equally worth reading.

And, yes, it's a bit heavy on Qui-Gon -- I love the grumpy, manipulative bastard much more than is reasonable.

( Original Trilogy )

( Alternate Universe -- someone dies, someone doesn't die, a different future, a different past... )

( Prequel Trilogy )



Got any recommendations based on this list? Better archives than TheForceNet or FF.net to link to?

I'll try to come up with a slash & het fic list in the next week, but no promises.

I broke down recently and bought The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones on DVD. It's been interesting, browsing through the extras -- the making-of featurettes, the promo photos, the trailers.

Does anyone else think that the TPM trailer plot would have made for a *much* better movie, what with the implication that the Jedi are going into the haul out a queen and a senator during an invasion?

What about the 'tone poems' tv spots? Am I the only one who thinks 'One Love' ( reads like a 'Kramer vs. Kramer' with added spaceships? )

It's really easy to see why fans write fic, and even make personal edits (The Phantom Edit, among others)... the film has *so* much potential, and you're left scratching your head over why it's so *dull*.

Well, the weekend went pretty well. tricksterquinn came by, dithered over her costume, drove up to Comus for heirloom apples, some squashes, and a blue pumpkin, went home, took a nap, and then went to penknife and artaxastra's Halloween Party. It was fun and just enough people for me.

Then on Sunday, we had breakfast -- Irish steel-cut oatmeal with creamed honey, fresh cream and pears with bacon for her and a perfectly done onion and balsamic vinegar omelet for me -- watched BATMAN BEGINS (Christian Bale! Cillian Murphy! Liam Neeson! Gary Oldman! squee!) and then went down to Woolwinders. The main purpose was to meet up with Marla from the Guild and retrieve my umbrella, but also to see what yarns tricksterquinn can tolerate and if there are any colors of Kureyon that would do for a winter sweater for penknife and artaxastra's munchkin.

We wound up sorting all the Kureyon like a pair of OCD yarn geeks, and found only a few colorways that were interesting and had enough balls for a kid's sweater. But while we were doing this, we overheard a guy talking about Star Wars while waiting for his Significant Other to pick out yarn.

Thus, we met starfallz and iii_demon and two of their friends. They were quite fun people to spend an hour or two with, talking Star Wars and rollercoasters and knitting. Maybe we'll run into them again.

They accepted wee!Luke and raised him well, but did they KNOW what Anakin had turned into, really? If they did, when did they find out? ( Because it's not like Obi-Wan would have told them... )That knowledge might be why they died -- refusal to cooperate with the stormtroopers for fear for Luke could have made them intolerably obstructionistic to the troopers chasing C-3PO and R2D2.

The potluck yesterday went fine. I made corn, hasenpfeffeer and tea, and my friends brought everything from cheese to cobbler to fresh goose. We only got to see three episodes of Barchester Chronicles, but good lord, if that was what JKR was thinking of when she wrote Snape for the first time, why doesn't she think he's attractive?

Anyway, I've been having fun making SW icons. ( Want one? )Take what you want, but please give me credit. I'm still looking for good screencaps of other characters, so hopefully I'll have more soon.

Given that political practice on Naboo involves the Queen using a name for her reign that is not her personal or family name, do we think Palpatine's name is likewise a regnal name?

And do Jedi rename the children given to them? I'm wondering where Obi-Wan came up with "Ben", and I have a sneaking suspicion that it was the name he was given at birth.

1. He's a Senator in the Old Republic, and married to the Queen of Alderaan. Does he have any title of his own, such as Prince Consort? Or do the Alderaani not give titles to spouses of their royalty?

2. Once Leia becomes Senator in the Imperial Triology, what is his position and title? Does he have an Imperial title that does not come from his status as an Alderaani aristocrat?

2. Did anyone else notice that his costume, the one with the cool diagonal cape, is basically an Imperial officers uniform underneath the cape? Is anyone else mildly freaked out by this?

If you know the four levels of society -- Band, Tribe, Cheifdom, and State -- you know that the Republic of Star Wars doesn't fit any of them.

( It's too big and too complex )

In light of the new info from Revenge of the Sith ( how in the name of little green fishies did Anakin learn that trick? )